Sean McMullen

Australianscience fiction author. A computer technician by training, he started out through short stories and encouraged by various awards became a full time writer. His novels tend to revolve around a mixture of past and future technology, and he seems to have a firm grasp on the concepts of eras as widely divided as the Etruscans and the Diamond Age. He tends towards hard SF, full of details and feasible technologies, no matter the time period.Like many science fiction writers, his writing and characterization lags behind his ideas, but his originality far more than makes up for it, and his skill is fast improving.

Souls in the Great Machine (1999) - The First Book of Greatwinter. A compilation of Voices and Mirrorsun. Post-apocalyptic Australia. Wind and pedal drive everything, until a librarian constructs a calculor created by human minds. An engrossing epic.

The Miocene Arrow (2000) - The Second Book of Greatwinter. American Airlords on diesel-powered gunwings are encountering Australian parachuters, and war threatens. Something horrible from the past is coming.